• Question: What is in botox?

    Asked by hollabackgurl to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 28 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      It is a chemical produced by a bacterium. It acts as a poison, stopping nerves from being able to control your muscles. Drs use it to relax specific muscle groups. This ‘tightens’ areas of skin where the remaining muscles pull on it. They also use it to reduce sweating in some people, although I’m not exactly sure how that works.

      For more about the chemical structure, I’ll leave this to Pip.

    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      I think it’s related to the bacteria that causes Botulism, which is a pretty serious disease.

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